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Soil Moisture/Water Content Data Access and Tools
NASA has soil moisture and water content datasets that help researchers characterize the condition of soil around the world. Access a range of data and data tools such as the Soil Moisture Visualizer, Crop Condition and Soil Moisture Analytics (Crop-CASMA), and AppEEARS to make the most of soil moisture data.
Soil Moisture/Water Content Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMAP L2 Radiometer Half-Orbit 36 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture V009 | 009 | SMAP | SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER | 2015-03-31 to Present |
N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180 |
36 Kilometers x 36 Kilometers | HDF5 |
| SMAP L3 Radar Global Daily 3 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture V003 | 003 | SMAP | SMAP L-BAND RADAR | 2015-04-13 to 2015-07-07 |
N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180 |
3 Kilometers x 3 Kilometers | HDF5 |
| SMAP L3 Radar/Radiometer Global Daily 9 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture V003 | 003 | SMAP | SMAP L-BAND RADAR, SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER | 2015-04-13 to 2015-07-07 |
N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180 |
9 Kilometers x 9 Kilometers | HDF5 |
| SMAP L3 Radiometer Global Daily 36 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture V009 | 009 | SMAP | SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER | 2015-03-31 to Present |
N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180 |
36 Kilometers x 36 Kilometers | HDF5 |
| SMAP L4 Global 3-hourly 9 km EASE-Grid Surface and Root Zone Soil Moisture Analysis Update V008 | 008 | GEOS-5, SMAP | NOT APPLICABLE, SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER | 2015-03-31 to Present |
N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180 |
9 Kilometers x 9 Kilometers | HDF5 |
| SMAP L4 Global 3-hourly 9 km EASE-Grid Surface and Root Zone Soil Moisture Geophysical Data V008 | 008 | GEOS-5, SMAP | NOT APPLICABLE, SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER | 2015-03-31 to Present |
N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180 |
9 Kilometers x 9 Kilometers | HDF5 |
| SMAP Level 1A Radar Telemetry Product (Version 1) | 1 | SMAP | SAR | 2015-02-12 to 2021-11-04 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| SMAP Level 1B Low Resolution Radar Sigma Naught Time Order Product (Version 1) | 1 | SMAP | SAR | 2015-02-12 to 2021-11-04 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| SMAP Level 1C High Resolution Radar Sigma Naught Swath Grid Product (Version 1) | 1 | SMAP | SAR | 2015-02-12 to 2021-11-04 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| SMAP-Derived 1-km Downscaled Surface Soil Moisture Product V001 | 1 | SMAP | SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER | 2015-04-01 to 2024-06-29 |
N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers | GeoTIFF |
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Featured Observation Method: SMAP
The Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) platform is a satellite that measures the surface moisture and freeze-thaw state of soil around the world approximately every three days. SMAP data contributes to understanding regional water cycles, ecosystem productivity, and natural processes involving water, energy, and carbon. SMAP's high-resolution data are helpful for weather, flood, and drought forecasting, and predicting agricultural productivity.
GIBS now has Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) layers available for soil moisture and temperature, snow mass, heterotrophic respiration, and more.
This webinar will compare sea surface salinity data collected by the Aquarius and SMAP missions. We will showcase data visualization and data access tools available through NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center.
NASA's SMAP team turns raw satellite data into more than a dozen data products for data users around the world.
9 MIN READ
Feature article describing NASA's SMAP mission and the roles that ASF DAAC will play with distributing the SAR data.
Soil Moisture/Water Content Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vertex | Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. | Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting |
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